Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-09-29

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Sep 29
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
600 head
106 vs last sale 494 197 vs year ago 403 · +48.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
5 vs last sale 71 21 vs year ago 55 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
16 vs last sale 43 2 vs year ago 29 · 6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls are 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder bulls unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and steers mostly steady. Replacement cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.36/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits 58.14 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.
Average price
$335.36
81 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.77
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538358.961,93115thin
Medium and Large 2541335.101,81250
Medium and Large 3565314.061,77416thin
One grade step is worth $44.90/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
443399356312median 393.5012/1503/0204/2706/2208/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $429.02, low $326.46, median $393.50 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale81 hd
335.36
GA average12 barns · 424 hd
339.13
−3.77
This barn, trailing median32 sales
393.50
−58.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,556185.542,88710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,328169.512,2516thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,215160.641,95229
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001145.441,45616

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,265$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,155$2,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)733$1,2252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$2,96816

Every lot, as filed

104 lots · USDA AMS · Carroll County Livestock - Carrollton, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,342167.33/cwt166.00–168.502,2465
CowsLean 85-90%1,034146.02/cwt141.00–149.001,5105
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,328169.51/cwt169.00–170.002,2516
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477358.55/cwt350.00–370.001,7103
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350300485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,4551
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300260470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2221
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350300465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3951
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9761
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600564351.52/cwt347.50–355.001,9835
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800765309.87/cwt300.00–320.002,3712
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450413413.79/cwt410.00–420.001,7094
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700673303.99/cwt302.00–306.002,0462
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750714295.06/cwt280.00–300.002,1074
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770320.04/cwt318.00–322.002,4642
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367416.70/cwt394.00–435.001,5295
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4002
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250235590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3871
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422403.52/cwt385.00–417.501,70316
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350320444.69/cwt425.00–465.001,4232
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400350465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6282
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250210665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,3971
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650622317.81/cwt310.00–330.001,97712
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550522337.00/cwt320.00–354.001,75931
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400374387.14/cwt380.00–400.001,44812
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400371422.33/cwt410.00–435.001,5679
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700669305.79/cwt282.00–325.002,04611
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650621312.95/cwt310.00–319.001,9439
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350337404.99/cwt395.00–415.001,3657
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9581
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3932
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567368.26/cwt365.00–375.002,0883
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318437.72/cwt425.00–450.001,3924
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550503340.92/cwt325.00–357.001,7152
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,6341
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750725320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400366447.49/cwt445.00–450.001,6384
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300295500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4751
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250233469.95/cwt465.00–475.001,0952
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414389.55/cwt365.00–430.001,6135
Bred CowsSmall 2-37331,224.73/head1,200.00–1,245.001,2252
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415424.82/cwt420.00–440.001,76313
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500464378.34/cwt370.00–395.001,75512
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525362.68/cwt355.00–375.001,90410
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29753,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610347.50/cwt340.00–355.002,1202
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37202,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502
CowsLean 85-90%1,024135.49/cwt132.00–139.001,3875
CowsLean 85-90%955153.26/cwt152.00–155.001,4646
Bulls1,600198.00/cwt197.00–199.003,1682
Bulls1,405176.19/cwt170.00–179.002,4754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192160.39/cwt157.00–164.001,91220
CowsBoner 80-85%1,173153.52/cwt151.00–155.001,8014
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0232,770.17/head2,500.00–3,000.002,7704
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29253,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Bulls1,685188.65/cwt184.00–191.003,1794
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500478333.84/cwt320.00–345.001,5969
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750723282.51/cwt280.00–285.002,0432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2652,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1552,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39552,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29803,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2002
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650626293.31/cwt285.00–304.001,83610
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550528337.49/cwt330.00–350.001,7824
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600575316.06/cwt305.00–320.001,81712
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450420327.73/cwt300.00–375.001,37613
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550529310.30/cwt300.00–316.001,6417
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750740305.00/cwt300.00–310.002,2572
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600563307.14/cwt285.00–318.001,72912
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350318425.71/cwt415.00–440.001,3546
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700663321.23/cwt320.00–322.502,1302
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250235405.00/cwt405.00–405.009521
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650632296.73/cwt290.00–306.001,8753
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300290355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576352.56/cwt345.00–357.002,0314
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400378391.89/cwt377.50–400.001,48114
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450426363.61/cwt350.00–375.001,5494
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700673280.90/cwt270.00–300.001,8905
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400383360.08/cwt340.00–370.001,3796
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750718301.10/cwt295.00–307.502,1622
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700673292.61/cwt282.00–297.501,9695
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550534308.05/cwt300.00–318.001,6454
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425367.26/cwt355.00–375.001,5614
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800755273.71/cwt267.50–280.002,0672
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300272475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,2923
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800769283.01/cwt275.00–295.002,1765
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550521369.64/cwt360.00–375.001,9268
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500469304.70/cwt290.00–320.001,42916
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400373372.65/cwt370.00–375.001,3902
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650636320.00/cwt318.00–322.002,0354
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500478350.03/cwt345.00–355.001,6732
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476356.30/cwt345.00–367.501,69612
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523327.11/cwt318.00–340.001,71118
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450426352.56/cwt340.00–370.001,50217
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650618341.61/cwt330.00–346.002,1117
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700681335.50/cwt330.00–340.002,2854
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300285422.72/cwt410.00–435.001,2052
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500473371.83/cwt365.00–375.001,7593
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569323.51/cwt320.00–332.501,84110
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571332.01/cwt320.00–345.001,89619
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477339.51/cwt325.00–355.001,61920

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.